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- (Debunking RAID performance myths)
- RAID 10 vs 0+1There is an error here, a fairly common one at that. RAID 10 is not (0+1). RAID 01 (0+1) is a array of striped disks that are then mirrored. RAID 10 on the other hand is an array of mirrored disks that are then striped. The difference...
- Tags: Performance management, Storage, WDMilner, RAID-10, RAID, performance
- Discussion threads 2007-05-09
- Bug may expose encrypted e-mail
- Deceptive lead in.The takeaway and bolded lead-in are somewhat deceptive and smack of sensationalism.The weakness or bug is not in the GnuPG cryptography technology as initially indicated but rather in several e-mail programs that use GnuPG as
- Tags: cryptography, e-mail, fud, GnuPG, open-source, security, software, WDMilner
- Discussion threads 2007-03-09
- Mass. bill endangers OpenDocument decision
- Now I wonder who's behind this?Hmm an "appointed" task force by a single politician, and with 2 memebrs that are from the business community. No vested interests here or anything is there? What a shabby piece of legislation to permit corporations to do as they please regardless of whether it's...
- Tags: it management, lobbying, microsoft, opendoc, OpenDocument Format, politics, WDMilner
- Discussion threads 2005-11-04
- Yahoo faces Flickr backlash
- Deja VueAs one of the many early users of the free Geocities site I can sympathize wit the FLikr users. I was one of the mnay that left Geocities when Yahoo too over and changed all the TOS giving them rights to everything on your website. They quickly reworded it...
- Tags: copyright, Flickr, Flikr, geocities, programming, TOS, WDMilner, web services, yahoo, Yahoo Faces, Yahoo Faces Flickr, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-30
- IBM to bury OS/2
- Sad to seean old friend fade awayAnother victim of the market machinations of Microsoft. It's a shame it became a casualty as it was and is an extremely robust and secure OS, far better than it's contemporary 32 bit MS offerings and in many ways superior even to current operating...
- Tags: ibm, IBM Corp., IBM OS/2, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., operating system, operating systems, os/2, programming, WDMilner, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-07-18
- Microsoft denies its antispyware favors Claria
- Microsoft denies its antispyware favors Clariaarticle rootOh the irony!"We firmly believe that people should have complete control over what runs on their computers."Considering the source, if the irony of that statement were any denser one could cut it up and use it for nuclear fuel rods.Not harmfulas it only gunks...
- Tags: anti-spyware, Claria Corp., control, customer service, licencing, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., security, software, spyware, WDMilner
- Discussion threads 2005-07-11
- Use Linuxant's DriverLoader to get wireless access on a Linux laptop
- Self defeatingI use opensource software for several reasons. One is to reduce the cost. A second is so that I have the source and am able to look at it and modify it to suit my needs if necessary, as well as audit it to a certain extent. A third...
- Tags: drivers, hardware, laptop computer, linux, proprietary, software, WDMilner, windows, wireless
- Discussion threads 2005-07-05
- Microsoft confirms RSS plans
- Which RSS?Which version will they support? or all of them? RSS .9 and 2.0 are related but 1.0 is different being derived from the RDF standard. Following Microsoft's stated push towards XML, support for RDF and/or RSS 1.0 would be logical. RSS 2.0, while backwards compatible with .9 is not...
- Tags: atom, microsoft, Microsoft Corp., programming, rdf, RSS, RSS 2.0, WDMilner, xml
- Discussion threads 2005-06-27
- Apple to ditch IBM, switch to Intel chips
- Desperation or Illumination?Friends and colleagues and I have discussed this many times over the years. The use of the PowerPC and a dedicated operating system have been, along with a certain image, what have seperated and marked Apple as distinct in the personal/micro computer marketplace. Apple appeals to a relatively...
- Tags: apple, Apple Computer Inc., chip, hardware, IBM Corp., IBM PowerPC, intel, Intel Corp., marketing, operating system, surviveability, WDMilner
- Discussion threads 2005-06-06
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